The Department of State Services
(DSS) on Monday visited the secretariat of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
in Ikeja, Lagos, over the controversies surrounding the land use charge
introduced by the government.
The association had given the
government a five-day ultimatum to cancel the law. When the Akinwunmi Ambode
government refused to accede to its request, the lawyers hit the streets.
Few days after the demonstration,
the government announced a 50 percent reduction in the new rates but the NBA
rejected it, insisting that the law should be cancelled.
There were reports that the DSS
invaded the NBA secretariat over the action of the lawyers but Adesina
Ogunlana, chairman of the association,
said that there was no invasion.
He confirmed that a DSS official
was at the office of the NBA in Ikeja over the land use law.
Ogunlana added that the official
demanded to be a part of the NBA meeting but that her wish was not granted.
“Before our meeting today, one
official from the DSS came and said they heard we were going to have an
emergency meeting on the reaction of the Lagos state government, following our
protest against the increment in land use charge,”Ogunlana said.
“They said they wanted to know
what I have to say at the meeting, and I asked, what do they want to know, and
why must DSS be part of our meeting? I didn’t allow the DSS official attend our
meeting because she is not a member of our branch.
“She then left peacefully, and I
was surprised to later hear that DSS invaded NBA, Ikeja branch.”
The new land use charge wanted a
property solely occupied by the owner for a residential purpose to be charged
at a rate of 0.076 percent per annum.
Also, a property occupied by the
owner and tenant(s) or third parties will be charged 0.256 percent per annum,
while an investment property fully occupied by tenants or third party(ies) for
revenue generation will be charged at 0.76 percent per annum.
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